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Topic: Think I know what shoaling fish to get!!
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mantis147 Mega Poster  
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   Topic: Think I know what shoaling fish to get!!Posted: 07 August 2008 at 6:48pm |
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I think im going to pick Rummy Nose Tetras for my 6ft soon to be planted tank im thinking about 50 of them! also will be getting about 15 amano shrimp I think!
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mantis147 Mega Poster
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Posted: 07 August 2008 at 6:49pm
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Anyone got experience with amano shrimp? never kept FW shrimp before!
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SiameseFighter Groupie  
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Posted: 07 August 2008 at 7:48pm
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I remember a friend had them, they seemed easy to keep, but i do know that if you want to propagate the egss, the larvae have to be put into saltwiter for so long, and then transferred back to freshwater.. They are funny to watch, especially at feeding times, they are greedy eaters and you often find the bigger ones steal food from the smaller ones, but they dont bother the fish,dont know if some fish would find it food on the hoof though..
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A tru friend will stab you in the front.
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John Admin Group  
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Posted: 07 August 2008 at 9:45pm
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yeah i've had loads of amanos. dead easy to keep! I'd get more than 15 though. in a 6ft tank you will rarely see one. in my 2ft planted tank I had I had about 20 of them plus a few other shrimps. sounds like it will look very impressive though!
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Chaos Groupie 
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Posted: 08 August 2008 at 12:45am
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50 Tetras is a good amount, I think Craig had to buy 60 Cardinal Tetras to make them visible in the tank.
I think you may need to get 50 Amano shrimps to see them as well! |
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rfriday9 Moderators 
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Posted: 08 August 2008 at 11:11am
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You'll need at least 100 shrimps for a fully planted 6ft tank. They don't live that long maybe a couple of years, but fear not the other shrimps eat the dead ones so you shouldn't get a massive problem with waste.
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Posted: 08 August 2008 at 3:12pm
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I agree about the shrimp....the more the merrier as you deffo won't see them much otherwise. They do poop alot though...pale sand will show it up a fair bit too (voice of experience).
Rummies are lovely in a big shoal. I had a shoal of 10 and they looked great so a bigger shoal would look awesome! I'm down to 5 now so may top the shoal up again :D They look great with my shoal of 10 lemon tetras too
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Slowly, slowly, happy tanky! :D
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Posted: 08 August 2008 at 3:44pm
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The other thing with Rummy's is the red contrasts nicely with the green of the plants. I'd also be tempted with mollies because they do a great clean up job and always appear busy.
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mantis147 Mega Poster
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Posted: 08 August 2008 at 7:01pm
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Seen some amano's in a shop today and i think you would be right in saying I would need more!
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Posted: 08 August 2008 at 10:56pm
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Definitely need more if you're thinking of them as an algae cleaning crew! The shoal of tetras should look great.
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Posted: 08 August 2008 at 11:04pm
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More it is then!
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 4:20pm
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I tried to post this last week but our network went down
 great plan on the fish mate, it will look stunning for
sure. I too have kept amanos but the population will decline as for
reasons mentioned by Siamesefighter. There are plenty of suitable fully
FW shrimp that will breed in you tank. You can sell these on too.
I've had amano in the past and they are great fun to watch but for prettiness
check out rainbow shrimp, cherry shrimp and crystal red shrimp though the
latter have a very high price tag. |
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Posted: 11 August 2008 at 4:51pm
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Thanks for the info on the shrimp manu! I ended up adding Penguin Tetra's instead of the rummy noses see my latest thread.
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